Skirt-marker.



S. T. DAY.

SKIRT MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.19, 1910.

-993,226. Pa n ed May 23, 1911.

SQUIRE '1. DAY, OF MAYFIELD, KENTUCKY.

SKIRT-MARKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1911.

Application filed February 19, 1910. Serial No. 544,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SQUIRE T. DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mayfield, in the county of Graves and State of Kentucky,have invented a new and useful Skirt-Marker, of which the following is aspecification.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an improved skirtmarker of that type in which the skirt is to be disposed and heldagainst a non-yielding edge which enables the person using the device tomark the skirt with an ordinary piece of tailors chalk. One of theessential requirements of such a. device is that the member againstwhich the skirt is to be held, shall be vertically adjustable so thatthe skirt may be marked at any desired and proper height, at its loweredge portion, and the present invention aims to provide an extremelysimple and readily adjustable member for this purpose.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a skirtmarker constructed in accordance with the present invent-ion, and Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view therethrough.

The marker of the present invention embodies a threaded standard whichis indicated by the numeral 5 and upstands from the center of a suitablebase 6 which is preferably secured to the floor by screws or othersuitable fastening devices. At its upper end, the standard 5 is reducedand threaded, as at 7, and a platform, indicated by the numeral 8, isformed in its under side, axially, with a threaded socket 9 into whichthe reduced threaded portion 7 is screwed, it being understood that theplatform is in this manner rigidly supported at the upper end of thestandard. It will be observed from the drawings that this platform ispreferably circular in outline, and as will presently be pointed out,the party whose skirt is to be marked, stands upon this platform.

As heretofore stated, a member is provided against which the portion ofthe skirt to be marked is held during the marking operation, and thismember is supported for vertical adjustment by a spider, the head ofwhich is embodied in a sleeve 10 which is internally threaded and isadjustably fitted upon the standard 5. From this head radiate arms 11 ofthe spider and at a proper distance from their inner ends, the said armsare bent to extend directly vertically, as at 12, and at their upperends they are formed each with a lateral finger 13 and an upstandingfinger 14, these arms being preferably of T-form, cross section, or inother words, being reinforced by a web 15, of which the lateral finger18 is a continuation. The member above referred to and serving as a restfor the portion of the skirt to be marked, is in the nature of anannulus, indicated by the numeral 16, and the said annulus is disposedupon the lateral fingers 13, and at its inner periphery against theupstanding fingers 14, suitable securing elements 17 being engagedthrough the said fingers 1 1 and into the annulus. The outer peripheraledge of the annulus is beveled, as at 18, so as to afford acomparatively sharp or acute marking edge 19.

From the foregoing description of the invention, it will be readilyunderstood that the party to whom the skirt to be marked is beingfitted, stands upon the platform 8 with the lower portion of the skirtdraped 'over the annulus 16 which is then adjusted, by rotating thespider, so as to bring it to the desired height or in other words, tosuch a height that when a piece of tailors chalk is passed over theskirt along the edge 19 of the annulus, the skirt will be markedentirely around, to properly locate its lower edge.

What is claimed is:

In a skirt marker, a base, a threaded standard projecting up from thebase, a foot plate supported at the upper end of the standard andvertically immovable, a spider having its head adjustably threaded uponthe standard and having its arms radiating from the head and extendingvertically, and

as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature 1n the presence of tWoWitnesses.

SQUIRE T. DAY.

an annulus supported at the upper ends of the arms of the spider andhaving a beveled outer marking edge concentric to the standard thespider being adjustable upon the 5 standard to position the annulus inplanes at various elevations above the foot plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing \Vitnesses:

NATHAN H. BLAIR J. CLIFToN BAKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

